It is because healthcare has beomce so unaffordable for millions of Americans, that it was inevitable that this would happen.

New Yorker Danelle New, 29, was suffering from epilepsy, the residual effect of a car accident during high school. She suffered grand mal seizures lasting up to 20 minutes, which she says western doctors could not explain or understand. “My body would build up resistances to the pharmaceutical drugs and they would no longer work, which forced me to try and find other ways to solve the problem.”

New traveled to India in 2004, and has been seizure-free since. “It was a significant cost savings, as I had already spent thousands of dollars in medical expenses, not to mention the tens of thousands of dollars spent by my insurance company,” she says. This included a five-day hospital stay and medications that cost more than $700 a month.

In India, she spent $1,200 for successful therapy with “less than two months of prescription medication,” she adds.

This is like people heading over to Canada to buy their prescriptions. I do find it interesting that the health insurance industry and private hospitals in America can now feel the pain as people are able to get care for less. Even if it means traveling! This is one instance where the marketplace may work against some of these moneyed interests.